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BOOT 0R SHOE. Y 'No.268,89`2. Patented Dec.12, 1882.

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SOLOMON K. HINDLEY, OE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION-forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,892, dated Decemberi`12, 17882,

Application filed September 19, 1882. (No model.) Patented in England May 17, 1882, No. 2,325.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SOLOMON K. HINDLEY, ot' Vorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Boots or Slices, ot' which the following is a specilication. l

My invention relates to that class of boots or shoes known as stitch-down goods, in which the upper is turned outward upon a sole, a welt placed upon the outwardly-turned portion of the upper, and the `welt and upper united to one or'more soles by a row or* rows of fastenings outside of the body of the upper.

In goods of this class as hitherto made the outward-turned edge of the upper has been made to extend iiush with the sole-edge, forming a part ofthe finished edge; but inasmuch as upper-leather usuallycontains more oil than sole-leather, if it is allowed to form a part of the sole-edge when it is stained and burnished in the process of finishing, it will not be of the same color as the welt above and the sole be-v neath it. Furthermore, if the goods are kept in store, the oil is apt to exude fromlthe edge of the upper-leather, and thus injure the appearance of the shoe. The unfinished appearance of the so1e-edge will be more marked when` a cloth upper is used.

My invention consists in cutting oft the Outward-turned portion ot' the upper a short distance back from the intended line ot' thehuish'ed sole-edge, so that the edge of the upper shall be covered bythe superposed welt, the edge of the nished boot or shoebeing made up ot' the welt and the edges ot' the outsoles.

Myinvention is herenidescribed and shown as appliedfto a boot or shoe in which one or more waxed-thread scams are used to unite the welt and upper to a sole or soles; but it will be obvious that rows of fastenings ot' other material may be used.

The accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, represent vertical sections across the ball of stitchdown boots or shoes, in which the upper sur- [faoe and edge ot' the outwardly-turned portion of the upper are covered by a superposed welt.

The welt may be single or double, andl the seam or seams outside ofthe body of the upper may be arranged in any ofthe ways shown in the drawings and herein described, or in other Ways,without'departing from this invention, so long as the outwardly-turned portion of the upper is covered by a snperposed welt or its equivalent.

Figure 1 is a vertical section across the ball of a shoe, in which the outward-turned por tion of the upper is chamfered ott' a short distance back of the edge ot' the upper sole. A is the upper; B, the sole; O, a welt covering the upper surface and edge ot' the outwardlyturned portion of the upper; E, a seam uniting the Welt, the outwardly-turned portion ot' the upper and the sole, G, an insole.

In Figs. 2, 3, and et the outwardly-turned portion of the upper is chamfered olf and covered by a welt in each case. In Fig. 2 the upper is fastened tothe upper sole, B, by a seam, F, and the superposed welt and one or more soles are united by another seam, E, out- Y side of the former seam. In Fig. 3 both scams pass through and appear on the surface of the welt. In Fig. et the outwardly-turned portion Ot' the upper is covered by a folded welt, and the seams are arranged as described in Letters Patent No. 262,592, dated August l5, 1852, granted to me.

The process of manufacture ot' this improved boot or shoe does not differ from that employed in making stitch-down boots or shoes, in which a Weltis used above and resting upon the 0utwardlyturned portion ot' the upper, except that before the welt is stitched on the edge of the upper must be cut back or chamfered OE. The welt also should be beveled, as is shown in the drawings, so that its upper surface may be in substantially the same plane with upper surface of the insole G.

It is preferable to chamfer oft' the outwardly-turned edge ofthe upper rather than to groove out the welt, as might be done, because the welt can thus be held more firmly e messie down in Contact with the sole and the unihaving, also, :t welt covering' the charnfered 1o formity of the sole-edge better preserved. surface and edge of the outwardly-turned por- I claimtion of the upper, substantially as and ,for the An improved boot orshoe having its upper purpose set forth. 5 turned outward upon an upper sole and united SOLOMON K HINDLEY thereto by a seam or row of fastenings 01113-,

side the -body of the upper, the outwardly- Witnesses: turned portion of the upper being chamfered ELMER P. HOWE, o' a short distance back of the sole-edge? andv MARY A. FRENCH. 

